Taxonomy
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Taxonomic notes
Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Least Concern ver 3.1
- Assessment language
- English
- Year published
- 2019
- Date assessed
- 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC
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Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because the population is presumably stable.
Geographic Range
Native
Extant (resident)
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Extant
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Population
This species is abundant. The population is stable.
Habitat and Ecology
Terrestrial
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In Japan this species occurs mainly in urban areas. In western Kyusyu, it also occurs in rocky habitats near the coast (Sengoku 1996). In China the species inhabits forests and urban areas, it is found in crevices of building walls. A female specimen was found carrying two eggs in May (Zhao et al. 1999, Yang and Rao 2008).
Classification scheme
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Threats
This species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (Liu et al. 2015).
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It is unlikely that any major threat is impacting this species, although it may be affected by harvesting and possibly by changes to building designs that render them less suitable as habitats.
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Use trade
This species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (Liu et al. 2015).
Text summary
There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. It is found in many protected areas. Further research is required to clarify whether this species is native or exotic in Japan. In China, this species is listed in the "List of Beneficial or of Important Economic or Scientific Value Terrestrial Wild Animals under States Protection", under the protection of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife" (B. Cai pers. comm. 2018).